If a Time Series Contains Substantial Irregular Movement, the Smoothing

question 26

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If a time series contains substantial irregular movement, the smoothing constant for a single exponential smoothing model that is close to 1.0 will result in forecasts that are not as smoothed out as those that would occur if a smaller smoothing constant was used.

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